Stephen Johnson

Explore the alphabet in everyday objects found at school in this dazzling picture book. A classroom companion to celebrated artist Stephen Johnson's Caldecott Honor book Alphabet City, this alphabet book is a tour de force in the genre. There is much more to this book than meets the eye!

Abstract works of art, including collages, paintings, and sculptures, by Stephen Johnson illustrate each letter of the alphabet.

Filled with all the things one needs in a taxi cab, this book has sturdy movable parts and flaps, etc. Removable 2-dimensional cut-outs imbedded in pages.

Poems and paintings describe our beautiful country.

Illustrations and poetic text describe the movement and feel of the game of basketball.

When a Japanese woodcutter breaks his promise and describes his encounter with a terrifying snow woman, he loses his wife and must make a dangerous journey to win her back.

A Chinese American girl comes to realize how hard her grandmother works to fulfill her dreams when they spend a day together at the grandmother's job cracking crabs.

As he grows more and more powerful, King Solomon forgets the lesson he learned from a wounded lioness.